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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

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Book Description

Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?), Philosophy of Language (how to express what it's like being stranded on a desert isl... More

Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?), Philosophy of Language (how to express what it's like being stranded on a desert island with Halle Berry), Feminist Philosophy (why, in the end, a man is always a man), and much more. Finally-it all makes sense!

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About Daniel Klein (Author) : Daniel Klein is a published author. A published credit of Daniel Klein is Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes.View Daniel Klein's profile

About Thomas Cathcart (Author) : Thomas Cathcart is a published author of children's books. A published credit of Thomas Cathcart is Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes.View Thomas Cathcart's profile

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